Healthcare Ready

Preparedness: Healthcare Ready maintains a strong preparedness program, consisting of research (qualitative and quantitative) and analysis of infrastructure, community needs, and patient populations that are essential to improve our collective ability to prepare for disasters and disease outbreaks. Healthcare Ready's preparedness work includes capacity building work and training to community, local, and national partners on core elements of health preparedness/readiness planning. Preparedness work also includes maintaining partnerships and consortia of public and private sector partners (at all levels) to ensure that disaster and disease outbreak planning is happening in an inclusive and cooperative environment. Healthcare Ready's research and analysis in the preparedness portfolio includes domestic preparedness and critical health infrastructure assessments that inform planning.

Research & Policy - The recovery and resilience program was integrated into various other programs (response, preparedness, program and research) as it aligns with Healthcare Ready's organization structure and functions within those programs. The Research and Policy program, formerly known as research, focuses on monitoring policies affecting: healthcare workforce, federal funding for health and bio-preparedness programs, federal and state capabilities for what is allowed during emergencies (e.g., how business should address drug shortages), and policies that bear relevance to ensuring equitable acess to healthcare. The program continues its work as previously done, as it pertains to long- and short-term research projects in public health, emergency preparedness and response, critical healthcare infrastructure, and health equity, and health access.